Housing authority board on hot seat again

Saratoga Springs Accounts Commissioner John Franck intends to call for a City Council vote urging Mayor Scott Johnson to replace the Saratoga Springs Housing Authority Board with new numbers for allegedly neglecting their duties. Here is the resolution:

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I still can’t believe that Mayor Johnson needs to be pushed and directed and embarrassed into doing the Right Thing. And still, he will fight to do absolutely nothing, kicking and screaming all the way.

It looks like the most the mayor could do is 1)suspend all the members (except the tenant elected ones) and 2)hold a public hearing (ooh, wouldn’t that be something to behold). He can’t appoint new members until and unless there are vacancies–being suspended does not create a vacancy.

Depends on how nuclear everyone wants to get I guess. I have no clue, are the buildings well run or not? Isn’t that the overriding concern? I mean, I know they had bedbugs, but so do a lot of the better hotels in NYC http://www.bedbugregistry.com/metro/nyc/.

The fact is the Housing Authority is run quite well. What all the media has neglected to do is provide the public with the facts. Mainly,that HUD rates this authority in the top ten. Their HUD audits and independent audits are all clean, no mismanagement. In fact, this housing authority has money in the bank. They are self sustaining. The staff has always been very dedicated to their jobs and have done them well. A job WELL done deserves compensation. The rantings of a rougue councilman does not necessitate wrong doing. It is done for greed of money and power. In my opinion it is the political antics of this particular councilman that should be addressed for the sake of the taxpayers. No one should be allowed to treat others this way, especially since no wrong doing has been found.